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Effective Communication Skills

Summary

Understand what happens when control talk - the mode we use to influence or persuade - powers the conversation. Learn the difference between the light control that may well be useful in certain situations and the heavy control, driven by intense negative emotions, that rarely contributes to a positive outcome.